The Wood surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

A surname very ancient in Scotland, first called De Bosco. The family bore trees in their coat of arms.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

g? WOOD. An initial and final syllable in numerous local surnames, as — Woodall, Woodness, Woodwell, Woodmeston, Woodnutt,Woodburn,Woodcroft, Holmwood, Garwood, Bur wood, Hen wood, Grimwood, Lywood, Selwood. It is, of course, the A-Sax. wuchi, sylva, nemus. WOOD. From residence near one. It is often pluralized to Woods ; and Attwood and Bywood are other forms of the same name. Its commonest medieval spelling is Atte-Wode, afterwards softened to A'Wood. Almost every considerable wood surnaraed a family, and hence the commonness of the appellation, amounting in the Lond. Direct, in its various forms to more than 300 traders. This surname is found so early as Domesday in the form of De Silva. Sufiblk. The forms De la Wode, In le Wode, and Ate Wode, are found in H.R.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.